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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1945
Page
2
The sheriff quoted A. D. Heise saying that if Lt. Epes had succeeded in his own death attempt, the mystery likely would have remained unsolved. The remark emphasized the role of that incident in solving the case.
Clear to partly icy conditions give way to warmth today and tonight. Friday will be followed by colder strong winds as the day ends.
Columbia law content shows Agriculture committee approving sale of colored oleomargarine with public eating places barred if colored, and a fertilizer unit minimum while allowing certain type 935 sales with red tag. Judiciary panel advances liens and pension provisions for High Point fire department. Police probe in Mary Lee Epes case. Lt Epes charged with murder. Fort Jackson release recommended to civil authorities.
Britain’s War Navy regains a working class edge as Sussex shipwrights, famed for classic battle frigates, descend to build ships anew. They bring back old skills and form a new homeport effort to support naval yards in London.
The body of Mrs. Epes was found in a foxhole grave after a two weeks search. Her husband James Epes claimed they drove to their Jacksonville apartment on January 27 and buried her body after leaving it in his car trunk. Photographs in Ft. Jackson morgue showed a head wound and a foot wound with bloodstains on her blouse.
Mr. Wright said the 15 day suspension affected only the North Main store and not the 122 North Main location. He stated he was involved with the suspension order.
The state argued Swanson was involved in an attempted robbery. Youths claiming innocence were captured after the shooting and sent back to Greensboro for trial. William Dalton Biggs escaped by sawing bars and a rope of sheets but was found unconscious after a fall. Governor Cherry showed limited clemency interest amid appeals from Biggs’s wife.
Soviet reports describe large scale drive behind a smoke screen and heavy bombardment toward Frankfurt and Kuestrin. Soviet correspondence states bridgeheads remain across the Oder at Wiesenau Ziltendorf and near Kuestrinberg while German defenses collapse and panic spreads in towns as Russian troops pour in by truck across frozen bridges.
In the last 48 hours Dresden era battles and Western fronts faced heavy explosions and fires as tactical aircraft dominated. Cottbus, near Marshal Ivan S. Konev's right flank, stands as a major rail and highway hub amid Nazi troop movements. Overnight, 1,300 RAF bombers hit Chemnitz and other east front rail targets, with twenty-two bomber command aircraft lost, some possibly crash landing on the continent.
The 1940 federal census counted about 3 million adults with no schooling and 2 million children ages six to fifteen not attending school. This highlights widespread gaps in basic education across the nation.
CBS reports quote Gen. Las and NBC Seenscale about Japanese troops burning homes and killing civilians in Manila area. He describes civilians torched, hacked, or dragged to death as 37th Infantry First Cavalry and 11th Airborne advance, amid described atrocities compared to Nanking.
A two month old 15 pound razorback pig named Butch is described as the island’s biggest pet and pest. Guarded by Arthur F. Johnson of Gettysburg, Pa., and attached to a Marine unit, Butch roams the officers area, steals shoes, chases cats, and acts as a weather predictor by sleeping with or without his bunk, signaling rain.
Allied units push toward Hall after driving through Cleve and approaching Emmerich while capturing Gennep and Kessel. American 3rd Army mop ups Pruem key road center as 1st and 9th Armies deal with Roer River floods and units clear Luxembourg including Vianden.
After the 1939 invasion, German forces captured Lodz and renamed it Litzmann Stadt to honor General Karl Litzmann. The move reflected Nazi occupation policies and ceremonial renaming of Polish cities.
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